πagarwalmath · 1st grade · Common Core 1.OA.A.2
🧺 Three-number stories
Story problems adding three numbers (sum ≤ 20)
Name: ______________________Date: ____________
1A basket has 13 pieces of fruit: 7 apples, 3 pears, and some plums. How many plums are there?
Answer: ______________ pieces
2A basket has 4 apples, 3 pears, and 6 plums. How many pieces of fruit are in the basket?
Answer: ______________ pieces
3Maya has 3 marbles, Zoe has 3, and Theo has 7. How many marbles do they have in all?
Answer: ______________ marbles
4In a game, Nora scores 6 points, then 5 points, then 6 points. How many points does Nora score in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A6 + 5 − 6 = ?
- B6 + 6 = ?
- C5 + 6 = ?
- D6 + 5 + 6 = ?
5In a game, Priya scores 17 points in three turns: 4, then 6, then some more. How many points does Priya score on the last turn?
Answer: ______________ points
6Zoe reads 2 pages in the morning, 6 at lunch, and 2 after school. How many pages does Zoe read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
7Nora sees 4 birds on Monday, 4 on Tuesday, and 6 on Wednesday. How many birds does Nora see in all?
Answer: ______________ birds
8Nora has 2 marbles, Kai has 6, and Priya has 9. How many marbles do they have in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A2 + 9 = ?
- B17 − 9 = ?
- C2 + 6 + 9 = ?
- D2 + 6 = ?
9Priya reads 6 pages in the morning, 5 at lunch, and 7 after school. How many pages does Priya read in all?
Answer: ______________ pages
10Omar, Leo, and Priya have 15 marbles in all. Omar has 6 and Leo has 5. How many marbles does Priya have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
11Priya, Lily, and Ben have 12 marbles in all. Priya has 2 and Lily has 2. How many marbles does Ben have?
Answer: ______________ marbles
12Sam has 4 marbles, Zoe has 4, and Mei has 6. How many marbles do they have in all? Which equation shows the story?
- A4 + 4 + 6 = ?
- B4 + 4 − 6 = ?
- C4 + 6 = ?
- D4 + 4 = ?
Answer key: Three-number stories
- 1. 3 pieces
- 2. 13 pieces
- 3. 13 marbles
- 4. D (6 + 5 + 6 = ?)
- 5. 7 points
- 6. 10 pages
- 7. 14 birds
- 8. C (2 + 6 + 9 = ?)
- 9. 18 pages
- 10. 4 marbles
- 11. 8 marbles
- 12. A (4 + 4 + 6 = ?)
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